Recipe: Perfect Oha and okazi soup

Oha and okazi soup. Oha and okazi soup Ifeoma Obianagha. Achi Soup with bitter leaf, achi soup with oha or achi soup with okazi are all various ways to prepare achi soup. In this video, I share how to use this very.

Ora (Oha) soup is native to the South Eastern Nigeria. It is a very traditional soup similar to the bitterleaf soup but cooked with Ora leaves. Ora (Oha) Soup is special because the tender ora leaves used in preparing this soup recipe are seasonal unlike their bitterleaf counterpart which can be found all year round. You can cook Oha and okazi soup using 11 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Oha and okazi soup

1. Prepare of Oha1kg.
2. It's of Sliced okazi200g.
3. You need of Beef.
4. It's of Dried fish.
5. Prepare of Stockfish flesh.
6. Prepare of Ogiri.
7. Prepare of Ground crayfish.
8. It's of Seasining.
9. You need of Palm oil.
10. It's of Pepper.
11. It's of Oat flour100g.

When it comes to one of the most popular soups from the Eastern part of Nigeria, Oha Soup is arguably one of the first few that come to mind. Ofe Ora as the Easterners call it is a delicious delicacy made with the Ora (Oha) leaves with cocoyam, egusi or achi serving as the thickner. Okazi Soup (Ukazi Soup) is the Igbo version of the Efik's Afang soup. This delicious Nigerian soup is made up of a mixture of vegetables (Afang /Okazi leaves and water leaves or spinach or lamb lettuce), assorted fish, meat, spices and a soup thickener, which can be either achi, ofor, ukpo or Egusi.

Oha and okazi soup instructions

1. Dillute oat flour in water to make a paste.Use hands to tear oha leaves,rinse well,put in a sieve,set aside, wash and slice okazi leaves, set aside,remove bone from fish.
2. Wash beef,stockfish,season with salt and onga cube, boil with little water,when almost done,add palm oil and oat paste as thickening...add more water, bring to boil,add other ingredients, except vegetables.Taste to adjust with salt,add oha, cook for a min,then okazi...yummy yummy...eat with your fav swallow....

Ofe Oha, a popular soup in Igbo land is made from cocoyam (ede) and the leaves of the oha tree. If prepared well, this soup sees you licking every nook and cranle of your fingers when you're done. My aunt sorts out the best and uses it for oha soup on the day the oha leaves arrive, then the other not so fresh oha she sets aside to use for ofe onu mmuo. In other words Oha must not go to waste. This Nigerian specialty is thickened with cocoyam paste and seasoned with smoked fish, dried shrimp, and your favorite meats.